PARIS — French police have released three female suspects from questioning but will keep nine other people in custody as part of an anti-terrorism investigation connected to the attacks in Paris that have put Europe on high alert, officials said Sunday.
Amid the European vigilance, a far-right rally in Germany planned for Monday was canceled over a terrorism threat, Italy said it had expelled nine militant suspects since December, and Britain’s home secretary called for new action to fight anti-Semitism.
Belgian authorities asked Greek counterparts to extradite a man detained in Greece a day earlier in connection with a probe of a suspected plot to kill police in Belgium. On Thursday, Belgian police led an anti-terrorism sweep in and around Brussels and in eastern Verviers, which left two suspects dead.
In Paris, prosecutor’s office spokesman Denis Fauriat said nine suspects among a total of 12 rounded up on Friday were facing extended interrogations for the next two days, a step allowed under tough French anti-terror laws enacted largely after bombings and other terrorism years ago in France.
Denver Post wire services
